NGC 1255
NGC 1255
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
79 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
11.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 79 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1255 as it looked roughly 79 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 1302Lenticular2.2 million ly
apartNGC 1201Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 1315Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 1232Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 1325Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 1347 NED01Spiral8.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1201Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 1315Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 1232Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 1325Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 1347 NED01Spiral8.1 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).